Neophyte Hybrids
SWORD: what Neophyte Hybrids kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 135 pts kill ~70 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Neophyte Hybrids is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 135 pts take ~387 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
7 reviewers- Weight of dice makes them the army's real gun 5 of 7
- Sticky, objective-dense, and they regrow 4 of 7
- In nearly every list 2 of 7
- Drop back into reserve each turn 1 of 7
- Whiff without the re-roll detachment 1 of 7
- Weak guns on their own 1 of 7
- Now a bit too expensive 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neophyte Hybrids135 pts | S | Top 30% | Bottom 44% | 52of 55 |
| Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers75 pts | A | Top 48% | Bottom 19% | 40of 55 |
| Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols65 pts | A | Top 14% | Bottom 12% | 46of 55 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 79 | 89 |
| SHIELD | 287 | 287 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 79 | 85 |
| SHIELD | 287 | 287 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Neophyte Hybrids, 20 models, 135 pts, with 20 Autopistol, 20 Close combat weapon, 12 Hybrid firearm, 2 Mining laser, 2 Seismic cannon, 2 Webber, 2 Grenade launcher - frag, 2 Grenade launcher - krak, in Host of Ascension. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: the detachment's rule.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
135 pts → kills ~70 pts → 52 per 100SHIELD
Enemy points it takes to kill it, per 100 pts of its own: the points of the cheapest units from top lists that kill it 80% of the time. It's per point, so a costly unit has to be much tougher to score the same.
~387 pts → 287 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Genestealer Cults tier lists: Nexos Floof (dataslate review, Las Vegas Open recap, Final Day tier list) (12 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Competitive Innovations: 5 full GSC lists and 8 summaries; September balance review) (30 Oct), 40k Rey (unit tier list) (11 Sep), 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian (tier list stream, A to D) (27 Sep), 6 Plus Plus Gaming (London Open 4-1 with his own list; state of GSC) (28 Jul), Hero of Mathematical Wargaming (Brood Brothers Auxilia with Xenocult Masses, own list) (17 Jul), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, text largely before the dataslate) (30 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
55 public Genestealer Cults tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Numbers run 2 Nov.